Post by ℓorєsaucє on Jul 14, 2011 11:15:21 GMT -5
Alright folks, you might have noticed that this place has pretty much stopped going. From the loss of certain staff members to the idling of members to the general dispersion of our big Shelpey family, many of us have moved onto other projects or sites and Shelpey has come to a natural close.
Now, please be aware, that's not to say you can't roleplay, and that's not to say that we don't still have active players on here. We still have a few active roleplayers who have expressed interest in roleplaying with their characters at Shelpey and we promote this! Please, don't feel like you have to stop roleplaying with the active people here.
However, Shelpey's focus has shifted off roleplaying. Few people here were ever interested in the big plots we tried to make to keep this place afloat and so, with severe lack of member interest and investment (for whatever reason, please don't feel like we are pointing fingers or being accusatory) Shelpey ended up slowing down. People's interest went elsewhere.
You can still roleplay here, develop your own plots and continue to work on your characters. I myself have entered a slight lull in Shelpey roleplay that I am just getting over, but will still be roleplaying here too. Shelpey isn't dead, it's just shifted to a community focus over a roleplaying one, so large roleplay plots won't happen any more. Certainly not staff organised ones. However, you're still all free to plot together, roleplay together and continue on developing your Shelpey characters. :)
We hope this clears things up for anybody who is wondering whether we are or are not still active. It's been a long run, and Shelpey has seen good times and bad. Three years isn't bad for a roleplay site, and we're still not closed (and are not going to, either!) As you can see, people still log in every day to say hi and chat, even if the roleplaying of some has slowed down.
Now, please be aware, that's not to say you can't roleplay, and that's not to say that we don't still have active players on here. We still have a few active roleplayers who have expressed interest in roleplaying with their characters at Shelpey and we promote this! Please, don't feel like you have to stop roleplaying with the active people here.
However, Shelpey's focus has shifted off roleplaying. Few people here were ever interested in the big plots we tried to make to keep this place afloat and so, with severe lack of member interest and investment (for whatever reason, please don't feel like we are pointing fingers or being accusatory) Shelpey ended up slowing down. People's interest went elsewhere.
You can still roleplay here, develop your own plots and continue to work on your characters. I myself have entered a slight lull in Shelpey roleplay that I am just getting over, but will still be roleplaying here too. Shelpey isn't dead, it's just shifted to a community focus over a roleplaying one, so large roleplay plots won't happen any more. Certainly not staff organised ones. However, you're still all free to plot together, roleplay together and continue on developing your Shelpey characters. :)
We hope this clears things up for anybody who is wondering whether we are or are not still active. It's been a long run, and Shelpey has seen good times and bad. Three years isn't bad for a roleplay site, and we're still not closed (and are not going to, either!) As you can see, people still log in every day to say hi and chat, even if the roleplaying of some has slowed down.